Line-up table with means for drawing non-straight lines



March 20, 1962 c 3055 3,025,601

LINE-UP TABLE WITH MEANS FOR DRAWING NON-STRAIGHT LINES Filed Sept. 16,1958 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR CHARLES O. G056 BY s /W ATTORNEYS March20, 1962 LINE-UP TABLE WITH MEANS FOR DRAWING NON-STRAIGHT LINES 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 16, 1958 44 54 5 40 z; I 20 I ::W; J I W 26I! i M V 4 CML::WUIUL\IIL\ L\ I I -i 22 \:::-\H: I 3 :::r \\I \,3 I /624 I l f'ti v 63 9 INVENTOR CHARLES O. G 055 ATTORNEYS United StatesPatent-'Ofiice 3,025,601 Patented Mar. 20, 1962 3,025,601 LINE-UP TABLEWITH MEANS FOR DRAWING NON-STRAIGHT LINES Charles 0. Goss, Indianapolis,Ind., assignor to International Typographical Union of North America,In-

dianapolis, Ind.

Filed Sept. 16, 1958, Ser. No. 761,311 1 Claim. (Cl. 33-26) Thisinvention relates broadly to the printing art and, more particularly,relates to so-called line-up or register tables which are used inperforming such make-up operations as lining, ruling, scoring negativesand the like.

In the co-pending application of Claire N. Brewer, Charles 0. Goss andHarold L. Ruddle, Serial No. 722,- 690, filed March 20, 1958, now PatentNumber 2,957,244, granted Oct. 25, 1960 for Precision Ruling andScribing Device for Line-up Tables, there is disclosed an improvedstraight-edge and lining device which may be applied to any line-uptable for drawing straight lines on any paper, negative or the likewhich is placed on the work surface of the table. The present inventionconstitutes an improvement on the straight-edge and lining devicedisclosed and claimed in that co-pending application, and the principalobject of this invention is to provide means which may be associated orcombined with the straightedge device of the co-pending application, orwith any other suitably constructed straight-edge device, for producinga line other than a straight line such, for example, as a wavy line or aline of non-uniform thickness or darkness.

The invention is described in the following specification and isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a part of a line-up table havingassociated with it a straight-edge device including the means providedby this invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 2-2 of FIG. 1,

FIGS. 3 and 4 are enlarged, partial sectional views taken on lines 3-3and 4-4, respectively, of FIG. 2, and

FIG. 5 illustrates three typical lines made by the use of the meansprovided by this invention.

This invention provides means for drawing one line or a plurality ofspaced, wavy, broken, or other non-straight lines on a sheet of paper ora photographic negative or on any other sheet of material which is laidon the horizontal, usually glass surface 2 of a line-up table 4,although it will be understood that while the invention is described inthis specification in connection with the lining of a sheet placed in aline-up table it is applicable to and operative with any structurehaving a flat upper surface on which a sheet may be laid. The line-uptable 4 is preferably rectangular in shape having four sides, one ofwhich is shown at 6 and against and along which a straight-edge deviceis adapted to be positioned and slidingly moved. This ruling devicecomprises essentially a T-shaped structure 8 having an elongatedstraight-edge part 10 which extends across the upper surface 2 of theline-up table, and a cross-head 12 which is disposed outside of, andparallel to, and in engagement with the side edge 6 of the table. Theelongated straight-edge part of the T-shaped structure is preferablyconstructed in the manner disclosed in the co-pending applicationreferred to above and therefore is channel shaped in cross-section,having the horizontal bottom 14, front wall 16 and rear wall 18, thefront wall 16 providing the straight-edge of the device.

Means are provided by the invention for operative association with thestraight-edge part 10 of the T-square for movement along such part toinscribe a line on the film negative, paper sheet or the like which ispositioned on the table top 2. Such means are provided by a carriagewhich is indicated generally at 20 and which comprises a generally flatbody part which in its operative position extends transversely of thestraight-edge part 10 of the T-square and is provided on its lowersurface with two pairs of wheels 22, 24 which, when the carriage isoperatively positioned on the straight-edge part 10, rest on the uppersurfaces of the walls 16, 18 of part 10, whereby the carriage occupiesan inclined position on the part 10 of the T-square with its forward end26 higher than its rear end 28. The forward end 26 of the carriageoverhangs the higher front wall 16 and this overhanging part of thecarriage is provided on its lower surface with a depending member 30which has on its inner surface, which is adjacent and parallel andspaced outwardly from the wall 16, a pair of wheels 32 which are mountedin depending member 36 for rotation about vertical axes, only one ofthese wheels being shown in the drawings. These two wheels 32 are ofsuch a size and are so positioned that when the carriage is in normaloperative position on the walls 16, 18 of the straight-edge part 10,they engage the outer surface of the forward, higher wall 16 andtherefore form a rolling contact between the carriage and that wall. Ablock 34, which is of substantial weight, is mounted on the lower, rearpart 28 of the carriage and, because of this positioning, constantlyexerts a force on the carriage tending to draw the wheels 32 into closerolling contact with the outer surface of wall 16, thereby maintaining afirm and positive engagement between the carriage and the straight-edgepart iii. The forward, upper end of the carriage is provided with abearing member 40 which extends laterally of the straight-edge part 10and is substantially horizontal and is rigidly connected to thecarriage. This bearing member has a shaft 42 journaled in it whichextends outwardly of the front wall of the carriage and carries a disc44 to the outer surface of which there is connected a supporting member46 having a diametrical opening 48 therethrough within which a rulingpen or scriber 50 may be positioned. A tightening screw 52 is threadedinto member 46 to provide means for adjusting and holding the ruling penor scriber with respect to the carriage. A spring pressed detent 54 iscarried by the disc 44 and cooperates with a member 56 which is mountedon the front face of the carriage to provide means for releasablyholding the ruling pen or scriber in raised position.

Means are provided by this invention for causing the pen or scriber 50to describe a wavy, broken or other non-straight line as the carriage 20is moved along the straight-edge. Such means comprise an elongatedtemplate 60 which is mounted on the front or exterior surface of thefront wall 16 of the straight-edge and which extends longitudinallythereof throughout the extent of movement of the carriage and ispositioned between the exterior surface of the front wall 16 and thewheels 32 of the carriage. This template is provided with spacedopenings 62 along its length or is otherwise given a de sired externalcontour, so that as the carriage is moved along the straight-edge thewheels 32 of the carriage will follow the contour of the template andwill therefore cause the carriage and the ruling pen carried by thecarriage to be moved in the same way, thus producing a linecorresponding to the contour of the template from end to end. It will beobvious that this contour may be made of any desired shape bypre-forming the template in any suitable or desired manner. Examples oflines which may be made by suitable pre-forming of the template areillustrated in FIG. 5 of the drawings but it will be understood thatthese lines are only typical of an almost infinite number which may beproduced by the means provided by the invention.

While I have described and illustrated one form which my invention maytake, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that otherembodiments, as well as modifications of that disclosed, may be made andpracticed without departing in any way from the spirit or scope of theinvention, for the limits of which reference must be made to theappended claim.

What is claimed is:

A device for drawing a non-straight line or a plurality of such lines ona sheet positioned on the drawing surface of a line-up table, drawingboard or the like having an edge, comprising a T-square having across-head part adapted to be positioned movably in engagement with saidedge and a straight-edge part adapted to extend across said drawingsurface, said straight-edge part comprising an elongated horizontalbottom part and front and rear Walls extending along the side edges ofthe bottom part, the front wall being higher than the rear Wall, anelongated generally fiat template mounted in face-to-face relation onthe flat outer surface of said front wall and extending substantiallyfrom end to end thereof, said template having cut-out parts extendinglongitudinally of the template to provide spaced segments along thesurface of the template, said segments and cutout parts forming with theouter surface of said front wall a non-straight contour ofpre-determined shape, a carriage mounted on the front and rear walls ofthe straight-edge part of the T-square for movement longitudinallythereof, marking means carried by such carriage having a partoverhanging the front wall of the straightedge part, at least one wheelrotatably mounted on said overhanging part and being in rolling contactwith the outer surface of said front wall and the spaced segments of thetemplate mounted thereon, and a weight mounted on the carriage at itslower end adjacent the rear wall of the straight-edge part and beingoperative to draw the overhanging part of the carriage and its wheelinto firm engagement with the front wall of the straight-edge part andthe template mounted thereon, whereby the carriage and the marking meanscarried thereby are given a movement corresponding to the contour of thetemplate during movement of the carriage along the straight-edge part.

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